A bronze sculpture of a young black man with dreadlocks was permanently installed Tuesday in Virginia’s capital city.
Instead, he said, it is about “about black men and their place in this society. And in a much broader way, a society that can say yes to black men and their place in this society.”
The silver, shimmery drape that covered the statue got caught in the figure’s hair during Tuesday’s unveiling. Hundreds of people stood for about 35 minutes in cold, drizzling rain until a firefighter clambered up a ladder and finally pulled the covering off, to a roar from the crowd.“See, Richmond, we have a complex history,” Mayor Levar Stoney said. “We’ve got the good, the bad and the ugly.
Other Virginia cities have been hamstrung in their attempts to remove or relocate Confederate monuments because of a state law that protects memorials to war veterans. That issue could get another look in January after the reconvening of the state legislature, which is controlled by Democrats for the first time in a generation.
“Rumors of War” was purchased with funds from private donors, said Alex Nyerges, the museum’s director, in an interview after the unveiling. It cost $2 million, and the museum spent about $600,000 to $700,000 more in expenses, including the cost of having the 30-ton piece shipped and installed.
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